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Who I am

This is me, a high-octane creative powerhouse. My beard’s not as dense as this but the eyes are spot-on.

I am a BAFTA-winning animation director, experienced scriptwriter, and voice artist, with 15+ years experience. I have an intimate understanding of all the stages of animation from pre- to post-production.I’ve written scripts for such clients as Nick Jr, Radio 4, CBeebies and Disney, and have provided voiceovers for, among others, BBC TV and Radio, G.O.L.D, Nokia, Pearson and ITV.

Iampersonableandgoodfuntoworkwithand can meettightdeadlines.

In my spare time I like to ferment various things, make dumb-looking animals and visit urban wasteground.

Don’t confuse me with Dan Chambers the engineer who was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Sir Frank Whittle Medal in 2012 for building the world’s fastest and lightest racing wheelchairs. Sure I could knock you up a wheelchair but it wouldn’t win any medals.

Dec 2015-Jan 2017 Animator/Animation Director, Footy PupsSeries 1 & 2 (Dot to Dot Productions for CBeebies). I animated on Series 1 of this ratings-topping pre-school sports-themed cartoon. I took over as Animation Director on Series 2.

2015 Producer/Director, Corporate 2016 Look Ahead filmfor the National Trust. My first corporate video! It was a look-ahead to 2016 for the National Trust, drawing inspiration from Aardman‘s Creature Comforts series, using voices from NT‘s staff and to animate NT properties as characters, including statues, paintings and houses, using Adobe Photoshop, Flash, After Effects, Audition and Premiere.

2014-15 Animator/Director at Picasso Pictures(Cyber Streetwise, Rennie, 1st Source, Kynect. Directed the Mascot Backstory for the 1st European Games in Baku)

2012-3Animation Director at Blue-Zoo – added a whole extra dimension to my skillset making the beautiful CGI series Q Pootle 5 (52×10″ currently airing on CBeebies) at the BAFTA-winning Independent Production Company of the year 2012.

The distant past…
2003 Directed and animated Tube Mice (onedotzero ltd. & UK Film Council, screened in various international film festivals, appeared on both The Times and Independent cover DVDs), 2001-2 Directed The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers Series 1 (Pesky/BBC, Prix des internautes Annecy 2002, Pulcinella Prize – Cartoons on the Bay), 2000 Animated The Pygmy Shrew, one of the first viral animations on the web, 2000 Scriptwriter for Greenlightmedia ltd., Berlin, 1998-99 Comedy Performance and writing (BBC Choice, UKPlay, Radio 4).

Please note that all pics of copyrighted characters are my oddly-drawn version of them and are completely (if affectionately) “off-model“.